Showing posts with label Luoping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Luoping. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Day 3: Nong Jia Fan (农家饭)



















At the insistence of Mr Wang, we finally tried Nong Jia Fan ((农家饭) at a local inn. Perhaps we had zero expectation of the food (thanks to a handful of negative reviews), we found certain dishes really delish. :) We were glad we tried some local fare before leaving Luoping. :)

Ann, Tina & Lin went to the kitchen (located at the back of a double storey inn) to select what they wanna eat. :)

Corns & dried chillis are common ingredients for cooking in Luoping.

Every dish is freshly prepared on the spot. Hence you need to be patient for the meal to be served. It might had taken a little longer too because Mr Wang was supervising the A-yi in the kitchen to wash the veg, ingredients, bowls, plates etc over and over again. :))) He was concerned the four of us might not be able to stomach any bacteria or germs. Lol! :)))

While everyone was busy, Tina was running after the boy & rooster for some pic taking. :)

The surroundings of the inn is very pretty, making the place a perfect lunch venue. ;)

Canola look pretty in yellow. We wondered how they tasted like. :) Well, the stir-fried canola were delightfully fresh & sweet. :) Thumbs up. Mmmmmmm...

The fried jasmine egg was our second fav. It was so fragrant & there was a subtle jasmine aftertaste with every bite of the egg. *.*

The hanging sausages in the kitchen might look disgusting. But when they were served in plate, they looked presentable. :) More importantly they tasted SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD! :)

The stir-fried minced pork with corns was average. Only one word could describe the soup with mixed veg - Bland. It was basically just putting various types of veg in boiling water. : I

Our lunch in Luoping was fantastic. We would enjoyed it much better if Mr Wang did not rush us. Ann quickly stuffed another piece of sausage in her mouth before we stood up to leave.

For the next few days, I kept asking Mr Wang why he needed to rush us everyday...with no reply. I wasn't expecting an answer anyway. I was just hinting to him not to rush us. ;)

Day 3: Jiu Long Pu Bu (九龙瀑布)

Our second stop today was Jiu Long Pu Bu (九龙瀑布). It's listed as the 4th most beautiful place and 6th most beautiful waterfalls in China.

Mr Wang drove us to the West entrance which is also the back door of Jiu Long Pu Bu. Canola fields greeted us when we stepped out of the car. :) The main entrance doesn't have any canola fields.
The entrance ticket into Jiu Long Pu Bu is RMB 60. The place is huge so it's advisable to orientate yourself a bit.

More canola awaited us behind the west gate. :)

Horse carriages are available at the entrance. And naturally we hopped onto one. :) We wanted to minimize walking as much as possible. :)))

The horse carriage took us to a certain distance and we had to alight from it & explore the rest of the place ourselves. :) Thank goodness it's cooler today as it was about 9ish am in the morning.

Mar/Apr is also the season of plum blossoms. We were fortunate to see some. That was a bonus for us! :D Can you tell the difference between plum blossoms & cherry blossoms? :)

A young couple was having their bridal pics taken here. :) I'm not sure if they are enjoying the process as the bride kept complaining about the wind & her hair! Hahhahahah :))) Everything seems rather pretty until the photographer's assistant pulled out a floral bouquet resembling a huge torch. I would rather they just gather some random bunches of blooms. It would fit the setting much better. : O 

There are a total of 10 waterfalls scattered along a 2km section of the Jiulong River.

We were able to see the activities below by zooming in with the camera lens. :)

You could choose to walk down the mountain to the other scenic spots at Jiu Long Pu Bu. We chose to take the tram down instead. :) One way tram ride is RMB 30 per person. Things aren't cheap in China now. It's no wonder there are so few of us in the tram.

At the foot of the mountain, we spotted names on many bamboo plants. Ann followed suit & carved our names on one too. :) Vandalism is permissible here?

Ann at work :)

More waterfalls :)

Have a Coca-cola, have a break. ;) We needed to sit...

More canola...

We spent some time figuring our way out as we didn't realize there are two entrances. We spent another RMB 30 each to take the tram back up & Mr Wang had gotten the horseman & carriage to wait for us there to take us back to the west entrance where he was waiting. :) How thoughtful.

Day 3: Off to Luoshitian (Snail Farm) at Niujie (Cow Street) - 牛街螺丝田

This morning, we were off to Luoshitian (牛街螺丝田). :)

Here's the stretch of road overlooking Luoshitian. There are stalls by the road side too.

The canola farms here at Niujie is of smaller scale. The flowers are grown in circular rings following the contours of the slopes. From higher ground where we were, these farms resembles the rings of a snail’s shell. Hence the name I think. It is an ingenious response of the farmers to the natural limitations of the land.


Photographers in action. :)

It's tricky trying to get these shots of ourselves with the canola plains in the background. Our backs were towards the sun. *.* We learnt after umpteen trys we need to sit at an angle to borrow some sunshine.  So here're our results. :) Good enough? I'm pretty pleased with them. ;)

Monday, March 5, 2012

Day 2: Catching the Sunset & Canola Fields at Jin Ji Ling (金鸡岭/Golden Rooster Summit)

We headed back to Jin Ji Ling (金鸡岭/Golden Rooster Summit) to wait for sunset. :) The time is 5ish pm. The sun was expected to set at about 7-7.30pm.

Quite a number of photographers were already on standby. :)

And so were we! ;)



The view of the canola fields is much clearer than in the morning. :)

We were there to photograph the sunset, but were in turn photographed by this group of uncles. :) Unfortunately Tina didn't walk away with any photography pointers as the uncles taught her in Mandarin. Hahahaha...

Ooo...we spotted the moon. :)

According to one of the photographers, this is the golden road. :) I didn't dare bend over to take the pic, and so he kindly took it for me. :)

The sun is setting...


And it goes down pretty quickly...

Look at Lin in action! :)))


Soon it's nite, marking a sweet end to our day in Luoping. :)


23 Mar 2012, Friday
Uncle Lee of Wuhan emailed me the pics he took of us that evening. :)